The Senate and Treaties, 1789-1817

In Senate and Treaties, 1789-1817, Ralston Hayden traces the early history of treaty-making within the United States Senate over the course of twenty-five years, beginning with the Senates first treaty negotiation. Hayden calls this era the “formative period in the history of the treaty-making functions of the Senate, during which time the expectations of the Senates functions underwent great changes.